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Inspired by PhPaul, I too have taken on a winter project. I just got an old fertiliser shaker at the right price (free). I was told that the gearbox was seized and the bottom was rusted out. So far, I've gotten the gearbox freed and all the levers and chutes freed (Day 1) The rust repair...

Ah, but the russians were racing.....I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8KjLoWp_40

1. fuel filter 2. fuel filter 3. all shiny new Ah sure maybe they'd have been ok for another 30 years :eek:

Well now 1. Hydraulic filter 2. SUDT???? 3. New fuel filter

Leak fixed. Cut an inch off the pipe and adapted the jubilee clip so that it would tighten properly. Finally got the service done. How this tractor kept going I'll never know. I'll post pics when I get them resized.

Clean the area on the tractor and liberally apply talcum powder to the area. Makes it easy to see any leaks.

Finally got back to this. There is a leak where the rubber pipe from the secondary hydraulic oil filter joins onto the metal pipe at the base of the steering column. I was surprised to see that it is held in place with just a jubilee clip. Hopefully, that is the only one. And I remember now, I...

Looks good but does it need some movement on the top of the frame to allow it to follow ground contours and a strong set of skids?

Another option is pedestrian aerators like the Toro Procore 648. They last forever.

Don't get much of the white stuff here. But the winter rain is a lot colder than the summer rain :(

I was wondering why I never heard of him. He's an irish tenor from New York

Personally, I'd deep scarify it twice at about 30 degree angles and overseed

Fix it in 5 minutes...... It will only take 3 days......

There was a post a while ago here where someone used the two rams from an outboard engine to achieve this

I'm having a lot of that lately. Putting in a new stove for my parents and everything is the same colour from the dust. I'm seriously thinking of getting a tool belt just to stop everything running away and hiding as soon as I leave it out of my hand :confused:

You could be on to something there. I never thought of turning the power steering. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get near it because of the weather these last few days and trying to fit a new stove for my parents.

Is the parking brake on? I think that only works on the left pedal

This is the problem. I can't make it leak, but every time I look under it everything is soaked. Gonna try the baby powder tomorrow. It does it while parked too

Well, I did the newspaper trick last night but it rained. So baby powder will be the next try:D